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St. Colman's is a Voluntary Secondary School for boys, in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Welcome to all our students, past and present, and all their friends
Joined October 2010
Connacht Title Senior "A" Captains: Noel Higgins (1970); Shane Nally (2009); Conor Diskin (2017); Eugene Macken (1977) and John Finn (1981)
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Congrats to the senior team and their coaches on their victory over Rice College Westport in the Connacht Semi-Final In Bekan this evening! They now advance to play St. Gerald’s College in the final.
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Cormac Henry, Liam Macken and Aiden Macken photographed with Mr. Jimmy Finn, Principal, after receiving University College Dublin Entrance Scholars' Awards for High Achievement in the Leaving Certificate.
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St.Colman's boys back on top in Connacht!.What a great night of drama in McHale Park tonight as the boys in red regained the Connacht Senior 'A' football title in a fiercely contested battle with a gallant St.
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Congrats to our senior team and coaches on their victory over CBS Roscommon in the Connacht Secondary Schools’ Senior “A” Gaelic Football Quarter Final in a windswept Bekan today. The final score was 2:9 to 0:8.
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Good luck to past-pupils Colm Boyle, Shane Nally, Stephen Coen, Caolan Crowe and Adam Gallagher in the All-Ireland Final. Muigheo Abu!.
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Congrats to Padraig Cummins, the senior panel and their trainers, Mr. Curry, Mr. Roache and Mr. Collins, on their victory over St. Muredach's College Ballina in the first round of the Senior "A" Championship. After extra time the St. Colman's lads ran out winners by 3-12 to 1-13.
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A proud moment for the College🏆🏐.Congratulations to Conor and all the team, Vinnie, Gareth and Gary.
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Congratulations to Mr. Geraghty, Mr. Brennan, Mr. Hession, Ciaran Kilkenny and our fantastic first year squad on their great victory in the Connacht First Year "A" Gaelic Football League Final. Scoreline: 6-8 to 1-10. A very well deserved victory!
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Jordan Flanagan (Leaving Cert Class of 2019) photographed after receiving a J. P. McManus Scholarship for High Achievement in the Leaving Cert at a ceremony in the Univiersity of Limerick on Saturday. The Guest of Honour at the ceremony was Irish Rugby Coach, Joe Schmidt.
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Brian Quinn, who achieved the maximum 625 points in his Leaving Certificate Examination, photographed with Mr. Finn.
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Cillian Golding (Leaving Certificate Class of 2019) who was presented with a Sports Scholarship from NUI Galway for his sporting and Gaelic Football achievements. Cillian left St. Colman's with two Connacht Secondary Schools Senior "A" Gaelic Football titles (2017 and 2019).
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We wish the best of luck to our Senior "A" team and panel, captained by Padraig Cummins and their coaches Mr. Roche, Mr. Curry and Mr. Collins as they begin the defence of their Connacht crown. They play St. Muredach’s of Ballina in the preliminary round in Bekan at 12.30 today. .
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Congratulations to St. Colman's College Past-Pupil and Davitt's clubman Colm Boyle on receiving his fourth G.A.A. All-Star Award.
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Our seniors take on St. Gerald's College in the Connacht Senior "A" Gaelic Football Championship Final in McHale Park Castlebar on next Friday 15th March at 7 p.m. St. Gerald's have virtually a home venue playing in Castlebar and will no doubt have massive support. Therefore it.
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Danny and Emily McHugh, owners of Supermacs Claremorris and Ballindine photographed presenting a set of sponsored jersies to members of the St. Colman's College Senior Football Team: Ethan Henry, Darragh Fallon, Padraig Cummins, Sean Keane and Niall Treacy.
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Congratulations to Mr. Breathnach, Adrian Hession and the Junior Huling Team on defeating a highly fancied Rice College, Westport to win the Mayo Secondary School's "A" League. Well done to captain Brian King and the whole squad. Apologies for the poor quality of the photos.
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St. Colman's College students Fionnan Gallagher, Fintan Kelly, Darragh Joyce, Nathan Moran and Mark Gibbons, members of the Mayo North/South team which defeated Galway North in the Final of the Tedd Webb Memorial Competition last August. The team members were presented with.
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St Colman’ s College past pupil Brian Quinn (Class of 2018) photographed with his parents Seamus and Margo after he was admitted to the UCD Ad Astra Academy in Dublin yesterday, on the basis of exceptional Leaving Cert results.
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Adam Gilmore (Class of 2018) who was awarded an Entrance Exhibition Award in Trinity College earlier this week, for High Achievement in the Leaving Certificate. Adam is photographed with his proud parents Mary and Joe and school Principal Jimmy Finn. Well done Adam.
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Congratulatiions to St. Colman's College Past-Pupil Stephen Coen on being named as Mayo Team Captain for today's Round 2 National Gaelic Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin. Colm Boyle is also named at number 6. Good luck to our past-pupils, the team and management.
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Congrats to the St. @SaintColmans senior team on defeating @stgeralds Castlebar in the Quarter Final of the Senior "A" Championship in Bekan.
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Our senior football team defends its Connacht title next Sunday 9th February in the Centre of Excellence Bekan when it plays Roscommon CBS in the Quarter Final. This follows on from their first round victory over St. Muredach's College Ballina last week. Throw in at 12.30 p.m.
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Regina’s fight for life:.Our friend, teacher and colleague Ms. Regina Duffy has been.
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TY students who attended the @MayoCoCo Road Safety Roadshow in Breaffy House Hotel today. They were accompanied by their teacher Ms. Alison Lynch.
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Ms. Majella Kelly, teacher of English and French, photographed after being conferred with a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from Oxford University recently. Ms. Kelly has won a number of prestigious prizes for her poetry recently. Well done Maj!
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Fixture Details at last!.Hogan Cup Semi Final.Saturday 23rd March.St Colman's Claremorris vs St. Michael's Enniskillen .Venue: Pearse Park, Co. Longford.Throw In: 1.30pm.
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Congrats to Patrick Murphy who won the Senior 60 x30m National Handball Title in Ballina, Co Tipperary today.
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Congrats to Claremorris Soccer Club on winning the Mayo League "Club of the Year" Award at the recent 2018 Mayo League Awards. Congrats also St. Colman's College student Harvey O' Brien on receiving the "Young Footballer of the Year" award. Well done to all.
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Our Senior Team takes on Summerhill College in the Semi-Final of the Connacht Secondary Schools' Championship in the C.O.E. Bekan at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday. All support greatly appreciated. Good luck to the team and their coaches, Mr. Curry, Mr. Roache and Mr. Collins.
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Liam Walsh photographed receiving the Higgins “Senior Footballer of the Year”, Perpetual Shield from Guest of Honour Colmán O’ Raghallaigh. Also photographed Monsignor John O' Boyle and Kevin Keaveney of St. Colman's Credit Union Claremorris, Awards Day Sponsor.
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Thanks to Paul Gleeson and the swimming pool staff for being so good to our lads! Such a wonderful facility to have on our doorstep!
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South Mayo GAA has organised a Fundraising Table Quiz in the Dalton Inn on Friday night next, March 22nd at 9 p.m. to support the college senior team on its journey to Hogan Cup glory! We would appreciate support from students, parents, past-students and friends of St. Colman's.
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Our Senior "A" Gaelic Football Team takes on Summerhill College Sligo in the Semi-Final of the Connacht Secondary Schools' Championship Semi-Final in the Centre of Excellence Bakan at 7 p.m. on Thursday 27th February. All support greatly appreciated.
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@ShaneNally2 @ConnachtGAA Many thanks @ShaneNally2. We hope to follow the example set by yourself and the wonderful 2009 team.
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Mr. Breathnach and Adrian Hession out training with the junior hurlers this afternoon. They have a blitz later in the week.
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We are proud to announce that we have lodged €22,536 to the “Fight for Regina” Bank Account as of today! Thanks to Ms. Cruise for initiating and organising the Fundraising Walk, the staff,.
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Jack Fleming, Jamie Hession and Nathan Ring photographed with Mr. Roy Hession and Mayo Senior Footballer and All-Star Colm Boyle after receiving certificates of merit at the annual Mayo Garda Youth Awards Ceremony which was held in Ballina recently. Jamie Hession accepted a.
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. is vital that all our students, parents, friends and supporters to turn out in force to support our team and to help it bring back the Aonghus Murphy Memorial Cup to St. Colman's.
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Kenneth Lydon Senior Footballer of the Year 2016-17 receiving his trophy from Noel Higgins (1970 Captain)
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This is a link to the Virtual Graduation Ceremony of our Leaving Certificate Class of 2020. We wish you all well in the Leaving Cert and in the future. A big thank you to Ms. McLoughney, Mr. Timoney, Ms. Monahan and Ms. Margaret Kelly for their work in putting it all together.
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Sinead Stagg and Laura Waldron of Claremorris Credit Union handing over a sponsorship cheque of €500 to Enda Hession (Captain), Cillian Golding (Vice-Captain) and the senior team in the College. We very much appreciate the continued support of Claremoris Credit Union.
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Congrats to our swimmers who did so well in the PP Schools' Championships recently. Michael McNamara won gold medals in the 100 metres Breaststroke and in the 100 metres Butterfly. Niall Kelly won a silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke.
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St. Colman's College Senior Gaelic Football team play Rice College Westport in the Connacht Secondary Schools' Senior "A" Semi-Final at the Centre of Excellence Bekan on Friday next, 1st March.
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Correction to Fixture:.Hogan Cup Semi Final.Saturday 30th March.St Colman's Claremorris vs St. Michael's Enniskillen .Venue: Pearse Park, Co. Longford.Throw In: 1.30pm.
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We wish all the students, parents/guardians, staff and friends of St. Colman's College a Happy, Safe and Healthy St. Patrick's Day. See attached some photos of our involvement in Claremorris St. Patrick's Day Parades over the last number of years.
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South Mayo GAA Board representatives John Farragher and Michael King photogaphed presenting a sponsorship cheque to Enda Hession (Captain) and Cillian Golding (Vice Captain) and the St. Colman's College Senior team.
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Some more photos from today's Primary Schools' Blitz.
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Good luck to Cathal Kennedy who represents St Colman's College in the All Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championships in Santry on Saturday
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Congratulations to St. Colman’s College student and Mayo Gaels player Ethan Henry on being selected at No. 8 for the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Football Team of the Year. Well done Ethan! The culmination of a fantastic year for you.
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Keith Murphy and John Dooley of "Greensmenswear JG Sports" photographed presenting a complete team set of "Atak" Gaelic Football Gloves to Seamus Curry, Brian Roche (Senior Team Coaches), Enda Hession (Captain) and Cillian Golding (Vice Captain) for this Weekend's.
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We are all so proud of Shane, our past pupil, and wish him well with his ordination and in the future with his ministry.
Great news for the Archdiocese!!! Archbishop Michael, in consultation with Shane Costello, has set Sunday, 23 August 2020 as the date of Shane's ordination.The ordination will be celebrated in Knock Basilica.
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The victorious St. Colman's College Senior team has been requested to lead the Claremorris St. Patrick's Day Parade tomorrow, Sunday. The parade begins at Lakeside Retail Park at 3 p.m.
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We invite the St. Colman's College supporters hoarde to descend on McHale Park Castlebar tomorrow, Friday, at 7 p.m. for the Connacht Senior "A" Gaelic Football Championship Final. A titanic struggle is expected to decide who will take home the much coveted Aongus Murphy Cup.
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Juvenile Captain Enda Hession receiving the Connacht Cup from Kieran Byrne.
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Good luck to all in @Holly_CarraGaa in the All-Ireland Intermediate Clubs Final tomorrow from all in @SaintColmans
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Sponsored “Walk For Regina” a Great Success.We held the sponsored walk today in aid of “Reginasfightforlife”. All students and staff members participated in the 5 kilometre walk. Over the last.
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Congratulations to Patrick Murphy, All-Ireland Handball Champion, on winning the Connacht Telegraph Readers' Choice Young Sportsperson of the Year Award. Congrats to Iarlaith Golding who also received an award for his achievements in Track and Field Athletics.
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Congrats to Ballinrobe CS on their great victory in the All-Ireland PP Schools' Senior B Football Final! A fantastic achievement!.
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Congratulations to Captain Conor Diskin, all the members of the Senior Panel and their trainers Mr. Walsh, Mr.
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Congratulations to St. Colman's Past-Pupil, Cillian Sherlock who has been appointed a presenter to the RTE news2day team. After leaving St. Colman's Cillian studied Journalism at the University of Limerick, minoring in Law.
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Red Jersey/Garment day tomorrow, Tuesday, in honour of the senior team and coaches. No charge. Uniform pants as usual.
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A large number of that fantastic Davitt’s team are past pupils of St. Colman’s College and played at the highest level for the College, some of whom won All-Ireland Colleges/Hogan Cup Medals In 1977.
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Past-Pupil Niall Maloney photogrpahed with 5th Year LCVP students and Ms. Aine McGrath today. Niall spoke about his experience of being an entrepreneur and about his appearance on Dragon's Den. His company manafactures and distributes the high protein frozen yoghurt "PowCow".
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The Senior Team and trainers would like to thank both Conor Finn of AXSOM Strength and Conditioning and.
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St. Colman’s College to stage the hugely popular musical, “Grease”. St. Colman’s College in association with Mount Saint Michael Secondary School will stage the hugely popular musical “Grease” in.
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Keith Murphy and John Dooley of "Greensmenswear JG Sports" photographed presenting a complete team set of "Atak" Gaelic Football Gloves to Seamus Curry, Brian Roche (Senior Team Coaches), Enda Hession (Captain) and Cillian Golding (Vice Captain) for this Weekend's .
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Good luck to our senior and juvenile teams and their trainers in the Connacht Colleges "A" League Finals on Thursday and Friday.
Two more "A" league finals this week. Thursday .Senior.@SaintColmans v @StAttractasCS . Friday.Juvenile .@stgeralds v @SaintColmans.
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Fr. Peter Gannon celebrated two Beginning of Year Masses today for Junior and Senior students.
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St.Vincent de Paul.Students and staff from St.Colman's College have a long association with the Claremorris chapter of St.Vincent de Paul and we continued that association this week. Our Young.
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EIL Explore sponsor 9 fully funded travel scholarships to young people aged 15 to 17. See poster or check out
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Please support the St. Colman's College Transition Year Musical, "The Wizard of Oz" which be staged on this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 21st to 23rd of February in Claremorris Town Hall. Doors open at 7.15 p. m. and show begins at 8 p.m.
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Patrick Murphy, World Handball Champion, being welcomed home at Claremorris railway station this evening by family, friends, neighbours and handball club members. A true champ!.
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Our Juvenile Gaelic Football team takes on Rice College Westport in the first round of the Connacht Championship next Thursday at 12.30 p.m. at the Centre of Excellence Bekan. Good luck to the team and their coaches Mr. Brandon and Mr. Brennan. All support greatly appreciated.
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Vote for Ethan Henry @electricireland player of the week:.
Thrilling provincial finals over the weekend saw @MayoGAA and @KildareGAA emerge victorious, with game-changing displays from three standout players below! Vote for your Electric Ireland Football Player of the Week now! #GAAThisIsMajor.
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Good luck to our South Mayo neighbours @brobesch in the All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools' B Gaelic Football Semi Final.
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We wish our swimmers the best as they swim in the National relay finals this weekend in Abbotstown. Captain Diarmuid Staunton is leading from the front and has been selected for the Connaght senior boys individual medley to swim in the Inter-Provincials in the afternoon .
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Congrats to Ethan Henry on receiving his Minor Football Team of the Year Award tonight! .
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Commiserations to the gallant St. Colman’s College senior football team and coaches on their defeat by St. Michael’s College Enniskillen in the all Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Gaelic.
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Commiserations to Mr. Breathnach, Mr. Curry, Mr. Roache and the gallant senior team which was defeated by St. Gerald's College this evening in a foggy Centre of Excellence Bekan. The final score was 2-9 to 1-8. Hard luck lads.
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Good luck to St. Colman's College Past-Pupils who are members of the Claremorris and Garrymore Senior Panels.
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A belated congratulations to our teacher and award-winning poet Majella Kelly on being awarded a Masters of Creative Writing from the University of Oxford and other awards for her poetry! Well done Maj!
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Congratulations to Aaron Commins (Leaving Cert class of 2019) who received a UL 40 Scholarship from the University of Limerick at a presentation ceremony recently. The scholarship is one of 40 presented to first year students of the University for high.
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Transition Year students launch Enable Ireland "No Phones Campaign" in aid of children and adults with disabilities
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Connacht Colleges' Senior A Final St. Colman's V St Attracta's Sat. March 4th at 3pm. Venue: Centre of Excellence, Bekan. Please support.
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Every School Day Counts:.Tusla, the Child and Family agency, has just launched a nation-wide campaign to help encourage every student in the country to make every school day count, to make every effort to be in school EVERY DAY.
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Some of our students photographed attending the Ireland Skills Live Apprenticeship Exhibition in the RDS today. They are accompanied by Mr. Timoney and Mr. Duggan. Apprenticeships are becoming a much more attractive and readily availavble option for students leaving school.
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Some of the Junior Football Panel photographed in action at the Cuckoo Hill Bootcamp before Christmas. Looks easy enough!
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. All support welcome. Good luck to the team, their captain Padraig Cummins and coaches Mr. Roache, Mr. Curry and Mr. Collins.
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Mayo Colleges Junior ‘A’ Hurling Final.Colmans Bridge 38 year Hurling Gap.St. Colman’s Claremorris 5-07.Rice College, Westport 3-06.There were joyous scenes at the Connacht GAA Centre of.
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As of 11.30 a.m. on Sunday the St. Colman’s V CBS Roscommon Connacht Colleges Quarter Final is going ahead on schedule in Bekan at 12.30 pm. All support welcome.
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Our fourTransition Year students, James Nolan, Morgan Pilbrow, Jamie Hession and Dylan Killeen, who have qualified for the All-Ireland Final of the Keypak/ABP Irish Angus Beef competition.
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Reusable/Biodegradable Bottles on Sale in the College for €3 from tomorrow, Wednesday 5th February.Our latest campaign from the Green School’s Committee sees the removal of single-use plastic bottles in school. The material is 95% sugar cane, has no BPA and no phthalates.
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Thanks to South Mayo GAA, Michael King, John Farragher, Ger McHugh and Ciaran Kilkenny for arranging and running the hugely successful Table Quiz in support of the senior team on Friday night.
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Our Juvenile Gaelic Football team takes on Rice College Westport in the first round of the Connacht Championship tomorrow, Thursday, at 12.30 p.m. at the Centre of Excellence Bekan. Good luck to the team and their coaches Mr. Brandon and Mr. Brennan.
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Kieran Fahey photographed receiving the T.J. Farragher, “Senior Student of the Year” Perpetual Shield from Guest of Honour, Colmán O’ Raghallaigh, at the Annual St. Colman's College Awards Ceremony. Also photographed is Monsignor John O' Boyle, Board Chairperson.
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